Trooper injured in crash that sent cruiser over guardrail on Mass. Pike

Trooper injured in crash that sent cruiser over guardrail on Mass. Pike

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Updated: 12:35 PM EST Jan 12, 2018

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WEBVTT , CRASH, PUSHING THE CRUISER OFFTHE ROAD OVER THE GUARDRAIL ANDINTO THE WOODS.OUR JOSH BROGADIR IS LIVE AT THESCENE WITH AN UPDATE ON THETROOPER'S CONDITION.JOSH?JOSH: THIS IS WHERE THE SUVFINALLY CAME TO A STOP.RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OFTHESE TREES.FORTUNATELY, MISSING ALL OFTHEM.DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND INTO THEWOODS.THE RESULT OF A COLLISION.A MASS STATE TROOPER HIT BY ATRACTOR TRAILER ON THE MASS PIKEHEADING WEST AT ABOUT 7:20 THISMORNING.THE FORCE OF THE CRASH PUSHINGHIS SUV THROUGH THE GUARDRAIL,RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGHWAYMAINTENANCE RAMP ALONG EDGELLROAD.THE TROOPER WAS RUSHED TO UMASSMEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INWORCESTER CONSCIOUS AND ALERACCORDING TO POLICE.EVENTUALLY A TOW TRUCK OPERATORABLE TO PULL THE SUV OUT OF THEWOODS DANGLING IN THE AIR BEFOREPUTTING IT ON THE LIFT AND TOWING IT AWAY.A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER THECRASH, THE TRACTOR TRAILER WITHXPO ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK,WHICH HAD PULLED OVER, CONTINUEDWEST ON THE PIKE.THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK,REGISTERED IN INDIANA, WAS NOTINJURED.MEANWHILE, ONE MORE LOOK AT THEGUARD RAIL, AND DESPITE ALL THETREES, SOMEHOW THE TROOPER DIDNOT HIT ANY OF THEM.A LIVE LOOK AT MASS. CREWS.THEY ARE REPLACING THATGUARDRAIL THAT WAS STRUCKEARLIER THIS MORNING.AS FOR THAT TROOPER, HE ISEXPECTED TO BE RELEASED THISAFTERNOON.THEY SAY AT THIS POINT THERE HAS